The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| WILTON, MINI, was one of the most flourish
ing villages in the State few years ago.
railroad left it out in the cold by running its line
a few miles away, and the old town site Is now
converted to farming land.
WonKMEN who were making excavations for
the foundation of the new mill at Warsaw ILL.,,
dug up quantity of well preserved buffalo
meat at a depth of IL feet. The meat was tasted
and found to be sweet and fresh.
The Corean government, it is reported, has
concluded contract for three iron steamers. 1t
| is also stated that one of the Commissioners of
Customs has started out to find a favorable
place on the northwest coast for harbor.
DURING the time the squirrel scalp bounty was
in force, Whitman county, w. T., issued receipts
for about 466, 900 of them, representing an ex-
penditure, in round numbers of SO, 800. The
squirrel population was diminished nearly
100000
WOODBRIDGE, n Y, with population of 800,
hos two septuagenarians, eighteen octogena-
rians and two nonagenarians, aggregating about
| 1900 years. In 1885 there were IN the town
| twenty-five citizens ranging from % to w. Inc
average is about the same STILL
CAMBRIDGE. the seat of Harvard University.
has, it is said. 1893 illiterates out of total
population of AZ 692. There are indeed a sur
prisngly large number of illiterates in Massa-
chusettS but as they are not allowed to hold
office the old commonwealth feels that they
| cannot do SO very much harm after all.
"PINAFoRE'' is soon to be revived in New York
amid realistic surroundings. 1t will be given
upon the deck of ship, anchored in real water
and furnished with masts yards sails, ETC.,
which have been made from models OF manor
| war. The characters, and sisters, cousins and
| aunts, who form the chorus will be rowed
| alongside IN the Captains gig.
A SINGULAR AUro-DA-FE occurred last week at
the Palace of Justice in Moabit, Berlin, which
quite number of booksellers had been invited
to attend-namely the burning of the History
of the Franco Prussian War;" by G1gl, pub
lished in 1871 by o. Hartleben, Vienna, all the
copies of which had recently been seized by the
police on account Of some discriminating
passages contained therein.
THE London Medical Record says that there
are more deaths from apoplexy in Bordeaux
than in any other city in the world, and it at
tributes that fact to the bibulous habits of the
Bordelais. It seems that Bordeaux is given to
| wine-bibbling to an extent which produces an
abnormal amount of disease of various kinds.
| 1t might have been supposed that Bordeaux
| drank pure wine, but such is not the TACT
There is quite as much adulteration of wines in
| tended for home consumption as of those sent
| abroad
| Two : NTI.EaEN visiting Marshfield, Wis, had
a narrow escape from lightning during a recent
thunderstorm. The current struck one man on
the shoulder, and passing down his leg passed
over MS lOOU ana Wf1SU directly through Ju6
sole of his shoe making cleancut round hole
| and entering the floor. A portion of the current
| also visited the other man body, passing like
wise downward through his slippers into the
floor Through the toe of each slipper can be
plainly seen six round clearcut holes, each
about the size of darninS needle.
AN Oxford county, Me-, paper tells of fa-
nous old-time school teacher who wanted to
find which one of the boys had stolen a ragged
little urchin's knife He called the boys up and
for some minutes lectured them severely on the
| wickedness of thieving, and then said, sudden
| ly, There is q big fly now crawling over the
nose of the boy that stole the knife" Quick as
| thought one of the boys clapped his hand to his
| nose. He was fairly caught, ana after restoring
the knife to its rightful owner, had to take his
| thrashing like a little man.
LONDON Truth speaks of a lady who bought a
horse on Sunday, and on finding that she had
| been swindled sued the seller. In announcing a
| decision in the case the learned English Judge
said the plaintiff had no redress, inasmuch as
the transaction had taken place on Sunday. II
q herring instead of a horse had been purchased
the presumption would have been that the pIIr-
chase was made to satisfy hunger, and had the
herring proved to be bad the purchaser could
have recovered In other words, edible Sunday
swindles in England are actionable and horses
are not edible.
NINE. JANE DIEULAFoY, wife and assistant of
the Asiatic explorer, and recently made mem
Der of the Legion of Honor showed the ques-
tionable taste of appearing in male attire at the
Opera Comique, a proceeding which is said to
| have caused the project of police to revive an
old regulation f6rbidding that practice to all
| members of the fair sex, except in carnival
time. The opinion of the press appears to be di-
vided as to the propriety of the police measure,
but the public at large is evidently unanimous
in condemning the lack of tact on the part of
Nine. Dieulafoy
BISMARCK, like many other men whose brain
is abnormally active, is sometimes subject to
vivid Authorizations on sleepless nights One
morning he said; Last night for the first time
in long period have had a few hours of re-
freshing sleep. Ordinarily remain awake, the
mind occupied with all manner of thoughts and
anxieties. Then Varzin suddenly appears to my
vision, perfectly distinct down to the minutest
details, just like large picture with all it's
colors-the green trees, the rays of the sun on
is impossible, notwithstanding all efforts, to
escape this appartion."
ONE of the employees of the union depot who
is member of the Pennsylvania Relief Associa-
ton, says the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette,
recently told a funny incident in connection
with the relief fund. 1t seems that the first
member killed was an italian laborer at Twen-
ty-eighth street. The company buried the body
and forwarded to the mans father in Italy a
check. for $500. The old man was so overioyed
at securing so much money for the loss of son
| that he Immediately despatched another one to
the Pennsylvania railroad and become a men,
Der of the association. He is still working on
the road.
THE Turner's of Berlin recently celebrated the
jubilee of the noted post Turner Carl Weise of
Frienwalde, near Berlin. Sixty years ago he
entered the Turner guild as an apprentice and
has since worked his way up to become one of
| the masters of his art and profession. Amid the
! sound of music procession of the guild, headed
by the President, surprised the worthy man,
now "a years old, with an artistic diploma con
ferring upon him the title of honorary master,
in recognition of his services for the promotion
Of the trade, and as an example to be remem-
beTed by all the professional brethren of the
poet-artsan in Germany A generous banquet
closed the interesting ceremony.
EDWIN BOOTH tells curious story about a
dog that is worth printing. Mrs Booth had a
little pet dog of which she was very fond, and
Mr.. Booth was In the habit of holding this dog
on his knee, and perhaps during conversation,
pinching his ear in kind Of unconscious way
They went to Europe and left the dog at home
and, as they were away for some time when
they returned the dog did not seem to remem
Der them much. Mr.. Booth indeed did not
seem TO be recognized when he came back, and
for a week or so the dog went about them in a
purely perfunctory way. One day he had the
dog on his knee, and in the old unconscious way
began pinching his ear The dog looked up at
him for t,,Omant and thap ii,r,rad ~, n ~